THE OUTBREAK OF SPIDERS IN THE CHURCH
"Who is this bitch?" Rockus asked.
"The same bitch who gave her body to the both of you", she replied to them.
"Arrgghhhhhh"
Suddenly, Cardinal Ecter screamed in agony and pain.
"What in Elis is wrong with you?" Rockus asked Ecter when suddenly, his stomach expanded before it exploded.
From Cardinal Ecter's broken tummy, out rushed hundreds of spiders.
"Who was the bitch?" Rockus asked Ennea again loudly and angrily.
"She is Emily of course, or the world will soon know her by her new name, Anansi, the Mother of Catabolism", Princess Ennea told him.
"Arrggghhhhh"
Suddenly, even Rockus fell to the floor in pain. His stomach also exploded to release thousands of little spiders that were incubating inside of him.
"You could have just killed these scums without all the unnecessary conversation", a pointed ear man said as he appeared to Princess Ennea.
"Yes, I know, Father. But I love conversations. It is my weakness in this life", Princess Ennea told the Dark Lord.
"What should we do next?" Dark Lord asked his daughter.
"That damn Oriese foiled my plans but luckily I have another", Princess Ennea told her father.
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"Your excellency, there is an outbreak of spiders in our dungeon where we imprisoned the prisoner, Princess Ennea", a cardinal came to report to Apostle Greer.
"Impossible. How can these vile things penetrate the defenses of our church?" Apostle Greer asked his cardinal.
"You are our church's greatest and only defense against the army of the demons", The cardinal replied to the apostle.
"Must I do everything myself? We are short of apostles running this damned church", Apostle Greer complained.
Suddenly, a group of assassins rushed into the apostle's chambers.
"Apostle Greer today is the day of your death", Dark Lord said to the apostle.
"How did you get pass our holy shields?" the apostle asked the assassins.
"We have been hiding inside your church for a very long time. How else did we rescue Emily from the dungeon if we don't know how to get in here?" the Dark Lord told him.
"Why are you here now? What is your purpose?" Apostle Greer asked.
"We came to end your life and destroy your church, I told you already", the Dark Lord told him.
"You vile being. You will not be able to harm me or my church", Apostle Greer replied to the Dark Lord before he summoned a powerful shield to protect himself and the cardinal.
Assassins suddenly appeared from being concealed by invisibility and rushed to attack the apostle. Only his conjured dome shield protected him from assaults.
"Your excellency, you can't defeat the demon army with your shield", the cardinal said to the apostle.
"Nonsense. This shield is cast from a special artifact. It is much tougher than our usual Holy shield. We will be protected by its magic until help arrives or until I leave", Apostle Greer replied to the cardinal.
"But you don't have the time to wait until that", the cardinal replied to him.
"What do you mean?" the apostle asked the cardinal.
"Arggghhhhhhhh"
Suddenly, Apostle Greer was stabbed by a dagger.
"Ecter, what have you done?" Apostle Greer asked Cardinal Ecter.
Apostle Greer's body erupted with greenish dark spots all over his body as black veins soon sprouted out from his skin.
"What did you do to me, I cannot use my magic?", Apostle Greer asked and complained.
"I hate it to have to talk to Eunuchs", Cardinal Ecter replied as he transformed into a woman.
Apostle Greer soon succumbed to the cursed dagger and died soon after.
"Will you use this face from now on?" Dark Lord asked his daughter.
"For some time, maybe", Queen Emerald replied to her father as apostle Greer fell to the ground.
"What should we do now?" Dark Lord asked his daughter.
"The Church of Tarah city held most of the tithes collected from the Ten-Kingdoms before they were sent to the Monastery of Elis. They will become our armies' supplies now", Emerald replied to him.
"What about the priests?" Dark Lord asked her.
"Well, we need more spiders for Anansi's final awakening. These priests will be her food", she replied to him.
"Are we really going to let that bastard Oriese off? He's been foiling our plans recently", Dark Lord asked his daughter.
"Of course, we will not let him off so easily. When I'm done with him, he would beg to become my consort", she replied to him.
"That boy is poison. You should stay away from him", Dark Lord told her daughter with some fatherly advice.
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"Did you know that the Church of Tarah city was attacked", Mother Asereth asked me when she came to inform me about the latest news.
"Attacked? By whom?" I asked her.
"The whole church has gone up in flames. Our people are going to have a celebration soon because of that", Camliden replied to me.
"We don't know who did, but it must have something to do with the demon army. Only the demon army could destroy the entire church in a night and kill their resident apostle", she replied to me.
"Apostle Greer is dead?" I asked her.
"Yes, him and about everyone in the Church. We couldn't even determine the identity of the bodies, they were all broken into pieces", Mother Asereth told me.
"Damn, it's the Tarantella curse", I said to them.
"The spiders? How did the spiders get into the Church and through its holy shields?" she asked me.
"The curse must have inflicted those people inside the Church and for some time already", I replied to her.
"Why didn't you warn the Church that their members were cursed by the Tarantella curse?" Camliden asked me.
"Well, have you forgotten that the Church are our enemies too. Why will I help them?", I replied to him and asked.
"You are right, serves those eunuchs right", Camliden said.
"Without the Church and the Diabolese family opposing you now, your position in the city is now more than secure", Mother Asereth told me.
"That is an unexpected windfall for us", I said to her before I added, "But we now have another powerful adversary to contend with".
"Who is the new adversary?" she asked me.
"The Demon Queen will have a new lieutenant soon, Anansi, the Spider of Catabolism", I told them.
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